Key Words: Christian Beliefs Flashcards

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Agape

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Christian love

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Apostles Creed

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A statement of Christian belief from the early church

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Ascension

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Jesus being taken up to heaven on the 40th day after Easter

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Atonement

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The action of making amends for wrong doing. The idea of being at one with God

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Catechism of the Catholic Church

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A summary of Roman Catholic teaching

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Church of England

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The Protestant Church set up by Henry VIII to be the church of state in England, and rejecting Papal authority

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Crucifixion

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Capital punishment used by the Romans which nails a person to a cross to kill them

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Fundamentalist

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Christians who take the Bible literally i.e. word for word true

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Grace

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Unconditional love that God shows to people who do not deserve it

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Gospel

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The names of the books about the life of Jesus in the Bible: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John

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Incarnation

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Means God in human form

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Lord’s Prayer

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The prayer Jesus taught his disciples to show them how to pray

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Messiah

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The anointed one who is seen as the saviour by Christians

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Methodist

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A protestant Christian group founded by John Wesley in the eighteenth century

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Nicene Creed

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A statement of belief used in Christian services

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Non-liturgical worship

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Informal structure found in some church services

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Oneness of God

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The idea that God is ‘One’

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Orthodox church

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A branch of the Christian Church

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Protestant

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A branch of the Christian Church that broke away from the Roman Catholic Church

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Quakers

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The Society of Friends Christian group

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Resurrection

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The physical return of Jesus on the third day after he died

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Roman Catholic

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The largest Christian group, based in Rome with the Pope as its leader

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Sacrament

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The outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grade

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Salvation

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The saving of the soul from sin

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Sanhedrin

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The ruling council of the Jews in Israel

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Secular

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Relating to worldly as opposed to religious things

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St Paul

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A man who taught the teachings of Jesus – originally Saul of Tarsus before his conversion

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Transubstantiation

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The change in the bread and wine to become the actual body and blood of Christ

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Trinity

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The belief in God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit

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Denomination

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The name for the different branches of the Christian Church